The Suzuka Circuit was a hive of activity on Thursday as the Formula One four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel got to work on his latest environmental project ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend. Vettel, who retired from F1 at the end of last season, helped set up ‘insect hotels’ just behind turn two of the track as a way of trying to sustain insect populations in the area and raise awareness about the importance of biodiversity.
She will help us stress this very important message.” In 2021, Vettel created an F1 car-shaped bee hotel at the Red Bull Ring in Austria along with local schoolchildren and helped to remove litter from the stands at Silverstone after the British Grand Prix. He participated in the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK in July this year, driving a sustainably fueled McLaren MP4/7 and Williams FW14B.